Decarcerating disability: deinstitutionalization and prison abolition
"Politics of (En)closure: Deinstitutionalization, Disability, and Prison Abolition argues that a complex understanding of disability is fundamental to an understanding of decarceration. Many argue that the rise of deinstitutionalization led directly to the rise of imprisonment. Liat Ben-Moshe c...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Minneapolis London
University of Minnesota Press
[2020]
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In: | Year: 2020 |
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Summary: | "Politics of (En)closure: Deinstitutionalization, Disability, and Prison Abolition argues that a complex understanding of disability is fundamental to an understanding of decarceration. Many argue that the rise of deinstitutionalization led directly to the rise of imprisonment. Liat Ben-Moshe complicates this narrative by looking closely at how people of color and disabled people are pathologized as well as how profit plays a roll in caring for "disposable" populations in nursing homes, rehab facilities, prisons, etc. Ben-Moshe puts forth a theory of carceral abolition as a way to understand the failed utopian dream of deinstitutionalization and how to move forward"-- |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Physical Description: | xiii, 349 Seiten |
ISBN: | 9781517904425 9781517904432 |